Portrait of Jacques Callot
Medium
Etching with engraving; fourth state of four (Lothe)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 5 5/8 in. (25 × 14.3 cm) Plate: 9 11/16 × 5 1/2 in. (24.6 × 14 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1940
Accession Number
40.52.70
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Jacques Fagnani|Jacques Callot · 1602–1676
Abraham Bosse (1604–1676) was a French printmaker and theorist whose approximately 1,600 etchings provide an unparalleled visual record of 17th-century French life. Born to Huguenot parents in Tours, he trained in Paris under Melchior Tavernier and became a devoted follower of Jacques Callot's technical innovations. Bosse's meticulous etchings depicted subjects ranging from daily life and fashion ...